How many of you have fantasized about one area of your genealogy research? Something that seems unattainable, but would give so much information for your family tree? I have always felt drawn to the Linton family cemetery, located on North Hwy 555 just outside the small town of […]
A list of marriages performed in Nelson County by Joseph Ferguson, 1807-1808 September 3, 1807 – Joshua Hobbs and Lydia Beauchamp September 18, 1807 – Abram McDaniel and Verlinda Davis September 26, 1807 – Lewis Hughes and Sally Richards October 21, 1807 – John Ridgeway and Margaret Crume […]
Saint Lawrence Catholic Church was built in 1831. Many Catholic settlers from Nelson County moved to the western portion of the state, Daviess County. In Memory of Eliza Jane Clements, Consort of A. H. Clements, who departed this life January 26, 1844, aged 46 years. May she rest […]
William Jerome Head and Mary Rosalia Spalding were married February 19, 1835, by Father Martin John Spalding, later Bishop of Baltimore, in Nelson County. They had 14 children – 4 daughters and 10 sons. Many family members are buried at Gethsemani Abbey. The family lived in the area […]
Most of the time I do not choose a specific person to write about, I look through my old wills, marriages, county books and gravestone photos and something talks to me, asks me to write about a person or family. Today’s post is based on a gravestone photo […]
A little background on the Harrison family of this marriage license. Charlotte Harrison was the youngest daughter of Captain Cuthbert Harrison and his third wife, Anne Tannehill. The Harrison family lived in Virginia since the arrival of the immigrant – Burr Harrison – from England in 1654. He […]
John Nevitt lived in Charles County, Maryland, before immigrating to Kentucky in the later years of the 18th century. He was the son of Richard Nevitt and Mary (possibly Montgomery). Richard and Mary four children – Elizabeth, Anne, Richard and John. John Nevitt’s father, Richard died September 3, […]
The following is a return of marriages of seven couples during the year 1824-1825, performed by Spencer Clark, found in the Nelson County records. Afterwards are five additional pieces of information about these marriages. I do certify that the following persons were married by me on the days […]
William J. Rapier, Jr., born April 20, 1818, died November 22, 1862. Mary Emily, wife of Daniel Knott, died August 3, 1903, aged 63 years. Mary A. Tewell, born September 14, 1838, died July 18, 1866. Joseph Boon, born October 15, 1802, died April 1, 1865. Lucretia, wife […]
This is a very interesting will. Although written in Prince William County, Virginia, September 5, 1782, Timothy Peyton had moved his family to Bourbon County, Virginia (which ten years later became a county of Kentucky). Timothy died in 1787, since in November of that year notice was sent […]
Isaiah and Lydia Ross Hill
1929 Wedding
Revolutionary War heroes and families.
Ritchey's Paternal Grandmother
George and Caroline's Wedding Day
Klein Sod House